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Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery — Three Soviet Soldiers, 1945
9 May 2025Central London

Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery — Three Soviet Soldiers, 1945

Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery in North Yorkshire — predominantly a RAF aircrew burial site — holds three Soviet soldiers buried in 1945: Kapalil, Ustinov, and Kolishev.

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Chester (Blacon) Cemetery — Four Soviet Soldiers, Spring 1945
9 May 2025
Central London

Chester (Blacon) Cemetery — Four Soviet Soldiers, Spring 1945

Chester (Blacon) Cemetery in Cheshire holds the graves of four Soviet servicemen — Korsilava, Kardava, Gorin, and Lobshanidze — buried in spring 1945 after dying in a Cheshire military hospital.

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Great Ouseburn Memorial — Major Asimov and the Soviet Military Mission, 1942
9 May 2025Central London

Great Ouseburn Memorial — Major Asimov and the Soviet Military Mission, 1942

On 30 April 1942, a De Havilland Flamingo carrying four members of the Soviet Military Mission to Britain crashed near Great Ouseburn, Yorkshire. Among the dead was Hero of the Soviet Union Major Sergei Asimov, who had made the test flight for Molotov's historic Washington mission.

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Soviet Soldiers Buried in the UK — An Overview
9 May 2025Central London

Soviet Soldiers Buried in the UK — An Overview

At least 18 named Soviet servicemen are buried in military and municipal cemeteries across England — from Hampshire to Yorkshire. Their graves are maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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Arctic Convoys — The UK-Soviet Alliance at Sea 1941–1945
9 May 2024Central London

Arctic Convoys — The UK-Soviet Alliance at Sea 1941–1945

78 Allied convoys delivered 4 million tons of war supplies to Soviet ports between 1941 and 1945. 85 ships and over 3,000 lives were lost — including 153 in the PQ17 disaster alone.

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Brookwood Military Cemetery — Russian & Soviet Graves in Surrey
9 May 2024Central London

Brookwood Military Cemetery — Russian & Soviet Graves in Surrey

Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey — the largest CWGC cemetery in the UK — contains over 5,000 WWI and WWII burials including some Russian Imperial and Soviet-era military graves.

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